Our third conference of the Fall 2024 tour, Fresh Grounded Faith Springfield, is a wrap! And this one was super special because it was with my home girls at my home church.

One of Second Baptist Church’s values is showing open-hearted hospitality, and wow, they sure did! Partnering with several co-host churches in the area, they hosted over 1200 women from all over, and just to hear everyone together laughing and worshiping was like a preview of what we’ll experience in Heaven.

And speaking of Heaven, our theme over the weekend was Living LIGHT.

If you weren’t there, LIGHT is an acrostic reminding us to “Let It Go, Hold Tight.” So, we talked about what we needed to let go—the “it” that weighs us down and trips us up—as well as what we needed to hold tight. We learned that, ultimately, we need to hold tight to the promise of Heaven and live with an eternal perspective (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

Whitney Capps also brought us some straight-up solid Bible teaching, made us laugh, and shared her very touching story of being a cancer steward. She was so faith-filled and honest as she revealed she is still in the hard middle of cancer, and though she has seen some improvement, the future is still unknown.

Girl, I don’t think there was one dry eye in that sanctuary on Saturday when she explained that if cancer is what God allows to take her home, it’s His sovereignty that prevails. She said, “On my obituary, it will not say cancer killed me, as the Lord is the one who determines how long I live on earth.”

What a way to take on the hard things of life, right? Whitney received a standing ovation, and I am still standing and applauding her God in my heart even now. He did great things this weekend, and this is just one of them!

Point of Grace, or “The Points” as I affectionately call them, were absolutely amazing! What harmony! What hearts! Their ministry maturity and love for the women who attended was so refreshing. I was personally ministered to just by being in their presence.

Then on Saturday, the altar call was beautiful. So many women with so many needs and so many tears. But Revelation 7:17 gives us a promise that “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes,” which is just one more reason to fix our eyes on what is eternal.

What an encouragement to see the women love on each other so well during the altar call as well as throughout the weekend. It made me so thankful to be part of this fresh grounded family, which is what we are—a family—and it was to this family that I broke the news on Friday night…

I shared that 2025 will be our last year of Fresh Grounded Faith because the tour is retiring. So, to all my Springfield-area people, mark your calendar for November 7-8 as that will be the very last FGF event.

Now, just to be clear, this girl is not retiring! I’ll still be out and about speaking and writing, but we are letting FGF retire to make room for what God may have next. So, stay tuned and tell your people to come see us at an FGF event somewhere in 2025.

But until then, we continue to see the Lord’s faithfulness at each and every conference, working through those he has called to serve through this ministry. And that includes Missy Vestal and Marta Ramey, our Local Conference Coordinators, as well as FGF Springfield’s army of volunteers, many of whom have served since the very first FGF event in 2008.

Through their faithfulness, year after year, we’ve witnessed God do wonderful things. And this year was no different…

We celebrated 5 new sisters in Christ, 54 women who chose to renew their commitment to the Lord, and 33 children sponsored through Compassion International. Praise the Lord!

Heavenly Father, we are grateful.

“To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” – Philippians 4:20

Blessings,

Jennifer and the FGF Team!

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